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Board Chair
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James K. Scott
President (ret.)
Punahou School
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States
Board Vice Chairs
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Peter S. Ho
Chairman, President and CEO
Bank of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States
TBA
TBA
Appointed by the Governor of Hawaiʻi
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Lynn K. Miyahira
Vice President
iQ 360 - An Integrated Communications Agency
Kāneʻohe, Hawaiʻi, United States
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John Waihe‘e
Former Governor
State of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States
![BOG2024Photo_Elisia Flores.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_Elisia%20Flores_0.PNG.webp?itok=QVLI3-1l)
Elisia Flores
CEO, L&L Hawaiian Barbecue
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States
Appointed by the Secretary of State
![BOG2024Photo_RyanHass.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_RyanHass_0.PNG.webp?itok=0iuxG2mv)
Ryan Hass
Director of the John L. Thornton China Center and the Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies,
Brookings Institution
Washington, DC, United States
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Carolyn Wu
Head of International and Diplomatic Affairs,
Apple, Inc.
Washington, DC, United States
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Ambassador Teddy B. Taylor
Retired Sr. Foreign Service Officer
Former United States Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
Maryland, United States
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Melissa J. Ma
Co-Founder/ Managing Partner,
Asia Alternatives
Central Hong Kong / California, United States
![BOG2024Photo_MonaPasquilRogers.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_MonaPasquilRogers_0.PNG.webp?itok=Bvlk9nlC)
Mona Pasquil Rogers
Director of California Government Engagement
Meta, Inc.
California, United States
Elected Members
![BOG2024Photo_Chris Kanter.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_Chris%20Kanter_0.PNG.webp?itok=CX1jn7bN)
Chris Kanter
Founder,
Sigma Sembada Group
Jakarta, Indonesia
![BOG2024Photo_SamirSaran.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_SamirSaran_0.PNG.webp?itok=J2JyUScd)
Dr. Samir Saran
President,
Observer Research Foundation.
New Delhi, India
![BOG2024Photo_Yanghee.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_Yanghee_0.PNG.webp?itok=jxNxv1lQ)
Dr. Yanghee Lee
Professor Emeritus,
Sungkyunkwan University, Department of Child Psychology and Education
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Ex-Officio Members
![BOG2024Photo_JoshJaimeGreen.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_JoshJaimeGreen_0.PNG.webp?itok=Uq23SwfL)
Josh Green (Designee: Jaime Kanani Green)
Governor, State of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States
![BOG2024Photo_LeeSatterfield.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_LeeSatterfield_0.PNG.webp?itok=wJWRsb36)
Lee Satterfield
Assistant Secretary of State
Bureau for Educational and Cultural Affairs
US Department of State
Washington, DC, United States
![BOG2024Photo_David Lassner.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_David%20Lassner_0.PNG.webp?itok=KdmVVGf6)
David Lassner, PhD
President
University of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States
By Invitation
![BOG2024Photo_RaoulMagana](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_RaoulMagana.PNG.webp?itok=7tUidjHs)
Raoul Magaña, East-West Center Foundation
Chair, East-West Center Foundation Board
Senior Vice President and Division Manager, Consumer Products Division
First Hawaiian Bank
Honolulu, Hawai‘i, United States
![BOG2024Photo_HESimina.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_HESimina_0.PNG.webp?itok=knA2izL7)
H.E. Wesley Simina, Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders
Chair, Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders
President
Federated States of Micronesia
![BOG2024Photo_KarenKnudsen.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_KarenKnudsen_0.PNG.webp?itok=h_laIplF)
Karen Knudsen, East-West Center Association
President, East-West Center Association, Executive Board
East-West Center Director of External Affairs (retired)
Honolulu, Hawai‘i, United States
East-West Center Officers
President
Suzanne Puanani Vares-Lum
Vice President
Satu Limaye
Treasurer/Chief Operating Officer
Tracey Omori
Assistant Treasurer/Controller
Lesley Murashige
Corporate Secretary
Raquel Kealalōkahi Aki
Board Chair
![BOG2024Photo_JimScott.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_JimScott_0.PNG.webp?itok=Vul8WxHK)
James K. Scott
President (ret.)
Punahou School
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States
Board Vice Chairs
![BOG2024Photo_PeterHo.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_PeterHo_0.PNG.webp?itok=4tnmWzq4)
Peter S. Ho
Chairman, President and CEO
Bank of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States
TBA
TBA
Appointed by the Governor of Hawaiʻi
![BOG2024Photo_LynnMiyahira.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_LynnMiyahira_0.PNG.webp?itok=Kv3azvVW)
Lynn K. Miyahira
Vice President
iQ 360 - An Integrated Communications Agency
Kāneʻohe, Hawaiʻi, United States
![BOG2024Photo_GovWaihee.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_GovWaihee_0.PNG.webp?itok=kCHxRf2u)
John Waihe‘e
Former Governor
State of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States
![BOG2024Photo_Elisia Flores.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_Elisia%20Flores_0.PNG.webp?itok=QVLI3-1l)
Elisia Flores
CEO, L&L Hawaiian Barbecue
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States
Appointed by the Secretary of State
![BOG2024Photo_RyanHass.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_RyanHass_0.PNG.webp?itok=0iuxG2mv)
Ryan Hass
Director of the John L. Thornton China Center and the Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies,
Brookings Institution
Washington, DC, United States
![BOG2024Photo_CarolynWu.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_CarolynWu_0.PNG.webp?itok=NlIFuuYq)
Carolyn Wu
Head of International and Diplomatic Affairs,
Apple, Inc.
Washington, DC, United States
![BOG2024Photo_TeddyTaylor.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_TeddyTaylor_0.PNG.webp?itok=2gbRtLXV)
Ambassador Teddy B. Taylor
Retired Sr. Foreign Service Officer
Former United States Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
Maryland, United States
![BOG2024Photo_MelissaMa.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_MelissaMa_0.PNG.webp?itok=H3__58Il)
Melissa J. Ma
Co-Founder/ Managing Partner,
Asia Alternatives
Central Hong Kong / California, United States
![BOG2024Photo_MonaPasquilRogers.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_MonaPasquilRogers_0.PNG.webp?itok=Bvlk9nlC)
Mona Pasquil Rogers
Director of California Government Engagement
Meta, Inc.
California, United States
Elected Members
![BOG2024Photo_Chris Kanter.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_Chris%20Kanter_0.PNG.webp?itok=CX1jn7bN)
Chris Kanter
Founder,
Sigma Sembada Group
Jakarta, Indonesia
![BOG2024Photo_SamirSaran.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_SamirSaran_0.PNG.webp?itok=J2JyUScd)
Dr. Samir Saran
President,
Observer Research Foundation.
New Delhi, India
![BOG2024Photo_Yanghee.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_Yanghee_0.PNG.webp?itok=jxNxv1lQ)
Dr. Yanghee Lee
Professor Emeritus,
Sungkyunkwan University, Department of Child Psychology and Education
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Ex-Officio Members
![BOG2024Photo_JoshJaimeGreen.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_JoshJaimeGreen_0.PNG.webp?itok=Uq23SwfL)
Josh Green (Designee: Jaime Kanani Green)
Governor, State of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States
![BOG2024Photo_LeeSatterfield.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_LeeSatterfield_0.PNG.webp?itok=wJWRsb36)
Lee Satterfield
Assistant Secretary of State
Bureau for Educational and Cultural Affairs
US Department of State
Washington, DC, United States
![BOG2024Photo_David Lassner.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_David%20Lassner_0.PNG.webp?itok=KdmVVGf6)
David Lassner, PhD
President
University of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States
By Invitation
![BOG2024Photo_RaoulMagana](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_RaoulMagana.PNG.webp?itok=7tUidjHs)
Raoul Magaña, East-West Center Foundation
Chair, East-West Center Foundation Board
Senior Vice President and Division Manager, Consumer Products Division
First Hawaiian Bank
Honolulu, Hawai‘i, United States
![BOG2024Photo_HESimina.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_HESimina_0.PNG.webp?itok=knA2izL7)
H.E. Wesley Simina, Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders
Chair, Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders
President
Federated States of Micronesia
![BOG2024Photo_KarenKnudsen.PNG](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/BOG2024Photo_KarenKnudsen_0.PNG.webp?itok=h_laIplF)
Karen Knudsen, East-West Center Association
President, East-West Center Association, Executive Board
East-West Center Director of External Affairs (retired)
Honolulu, Hawai‘i, United States
East-West Center Officers
President
Suzanne Puanani Vares-Lum
Vice President
Satu Limaye
Treasurer/Chief Operating Officer
Tracey Omori
Assistant Treasurer/Controller
Lesley Murashige
Corporate Secretary
Raquel Kealalōkahi Aki